Single Mothers, Quiet Arcs and Sore Saints @ Kung Fu Necktie.

Text and image by Bree Wood.

If you didn’t attend Tuesday’s night’s show at Kung Fu Necktie, you missed out on some quality music.

The show opened with Philly band Sore Saints, a relatively new post-hardcore band that has gathered a decent following in a short amount of time. If you are into Hot Snakes, Drive like Jehu and Fugazi, give them a listen. They recently put up a single Slow that they recorded last year with Jeff Barrow.

Second up was another Philly band, Quiet Arcs. They are a hardcore punk band with a heavy influence from the 80’s and 90’s era. This is a band that deserves more attention than it gets. If you get a chance, listen to their new seven-inch “I’ve Been Feeling Kind of Temporary” on Long in the Tooth Records.

“Good to know punk isn’t dead, well at least in Philadelphia,” slurred the obviously drunk Andrew Thomson (above), the front man of Single Mothers. “I love Philly.”

Single Mothers, from London Ontario, put on a great show. The crowd couldn’t decide if they wanted to sing along or laugh at the singer’s drunken rambling. Single Mothers definitely had the crowd’s attention.  And was a great way to end the night.